Money
Planning & budgeting
Analysis
Insolvency
New reforms welcomed after significant jump in bankruptcies
A likely reason for the spike, apart from higher interest rates, is the ATO’s resumption of collection of outstanding taxes after a pause during COVID.
- by John Collett
Latest
Financial security or following my passions – can I have both?
Many people working in creative careers can feel like the world of finance is foreign to them. But it doesn’t have to be.
- by Paridhi Jain
Opinion
Budgeting
Why your funeral could be a great investment
The cost of funerals has risen 20 per cent in the past few years, so it’s important to have a plan in place when it comes to payment.
- by Rachel Lane
Brunch, yoga and burritos: What an adviser on $110,000 spends in a week
This week on Money Diaries, an adviser impulse-purchases a kneeling chair for her home office and attends a few Pilates sessions.
Opinion
Interest rates
Boomers, don’t say you had it worse, even if you mean well
The problem with the generational measuring contest between who did it tougher and lived to tell the tale is that it’s deeply, deeply flawed.
- by Victoria Devine
Marketplace and burgers: What a marketer on $114,000 spends in a week
On Money Diaries this week, a media manager on $114,000 sells her belongings on Facebook Marketplace and saves for an “adult gap year”.
Opinion
Budgeting
From Gen Z to Millennials, young Australians are truly in a mess
While it may make you uncomfortable, it’s an irrefutable fact that younger people are vastly more disadvantaged than older ones.
- by Victoria Devine
Opinion
Money psychology
Money can’t buy happiness? No, but it certainly helps
Why do we insist that specifically money doesn’t buy happiness? What’s wrong with having it both ways?
- by Paridhi Jain
Yoga and Netflix: What a speech pathologist on $75,000 spends in a week
This week on Money Diaries, a graduate speech pathologist spends on some hot yoga classes and vodka, lime and sodas.
Opinion
Financial literacy
Why you don’t need to earn lots to be good with money
You went to school, studied hard, landed a good job, and hustled for promotions. That’s the road map to financial success, right? Not so fast.
- by Paridhi Jain
Opinion
Pay
So Musk wants his former employees’ money back. Is that legal?
Can an employer ask you to pay back wages? And more importantly, should they?
- by Victoria Devine